[Event "Champions Chess Tour Airthings Masters"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2023.02.07"] [Round "4"] [White "Sevian, Samuel"] [Black "Bortnyk, Olexandr"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2687"] [BlackElo "2605"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense: Lion Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/f5OBDjty/YwB82fLZ"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 c6 7. O-O Qc7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. b3 Re8 11. Ba3 a6 12. Bb2 b6 13. d5 c5 14. Nd2 Nf8 15. Bf1 Ng6 16. g3 Bd7 17. h4 Qb7 18. Qe2 Reb8 19. Nc4 b5 20. Na5 Qc8 21. Nc6! { A nice clearance: White's pieces have better central control, so why not let them access the d5-square? } 21... Bxc6 22. dxc6 Qxc6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rxa8 Qxa8 25. Nxb5 Nf8 26. Nc3 Ne6 27. Qd1 Nd4 28. Bc4 Qa5 29. Qd3 d5 30. exd5 e4?! { Black should be playing for dynamics, but still he must have underestimated White's reply. } 31. Rxe4! Nxe4 32. Nxe4 Qb6 33. Kg2 (33. Bxd4 { An absolutely lovely idea. } 33... cxd4 34. d6! Bxd6 35. Nf6+! gxf6 36. Qg6+ $18) 33... Rd8 34. d6 Bf8 35. Bxd4 { Now, this simplification makes less sense, as Qd3-g6+ will be met by ...Bf8-g7. } (35. Ba3! { Instead, why not switch targets? } 35... Bxd6 { As before, this is unplayable because of the familiar } 36. Nf6+ gxf6 37. Qg6+ { . }) 35... cxd4 36. Qf3 Qa7 37. g4! Bxd6 38. g5 { White keeps up the pressure. It's not flashy, but it's honest work. } 38... Qe7 39. g6 Qe5 40. Ng3 Qf4 41. gxf7+ Kf8 42. Qh5 Qf6 43. Nf5 Be5 44. Qg4 Qc6+ 45. Qf3 Qg6+ 46. Kf1 Qf6 47. h5 Qg5 48. Qe4 Qc1+ 49. Kg2 Qg5+ 50. Kf1 Qc1+ 51. Ke2 Bf6 52. Ng3! Qg5 53. Qh7 Ke7 54. Kf1 Qc1+ 55. Kg2 Qg5 56. Qg6 Rc8 57. Qxg5 Bxg5 58. Nf5+ Kf8 59. Nxd4 Rxc4 60. bxc4 Kxf7 61. c5 Bf6 62. c3 Be5 63. Kf3 g6 64. hxg6+ Kxg6 65. c6 Kf6 66. Nb5 Ke6 67. Kg4 Bf6 68. c4 Be7 69. f4 Bc5 70. Kh5 Be3 71. c7 Kd7 72. f5 Bg5 73. Kg6 Kc8 74. f6 Bxf6 75. Kxf6 h5 76. Kg5 h4 77. Kxh4 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0